Zombies and Talking Heads

We are developing a little interactive video app here at the moment. All will be revealed soon but wanted to flag up some great technology found while researching. Continue reading

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Welcome To Leathermill

Several years ago I wrote a screenplay entitled LEATHERMILL, a linear 90 page experience with a carefully designed structure.

When Russell England, the director who wants to make the movie, won the chance to make a short film using Arri’s new Alexa camera, he suggested we make a short film based on the screenplay.

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Stats

Some impressive Call Of Duty stats…

“Those millions of Call Of Duty players have now logged over 2.3 billion hours of play – a quarter of a million years.”

“According to certain estimates, one in eight American homes contain a copy of COD: Black Ops.”

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Inside a Storyworld Bible

During our workshop session with Bolton University Arts & Media Department, we discussed the contents of a storyworld bible – what material it needs to make it work as the bedrock for the stories to be told.

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Bolton Storyworld

We are working on an R&D storyworld project with Bolton University so last week we ran a workshop with Anna Zaluczkowska in the Arts and Media Department. Here are some of my ideas on the purpose of storyworld I put forward to the group;

Creating a storyworld gives us a place where stories can exist – it places a context or environment around them.  The storyworld is the foundation or bedrock for the entire project, be it a game, a film, a TV series or a combincation of media. It is the setting, or environment, or world the stories grow from in an almost organic way. Continue reading

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